Black women vs a colonial monument

The Voortrekker monument in South Africa was built to commemorate the pioneer history of South African Afrikaners.

While for some it marks an important piece of history, for others it is a symbol of colonisation and oppression. I photographed some black women in this place that was not built for them but now sits in what is meant to be a free non-racial South Africa. Part of the country moving forward from its apartheid and colonial history will require facing spaces like these and finding our place within them.